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Why does customer satisfaction look high but retention is low?

Customers say they’re happy but they still leave.

Symptom

At 62 — up six points — NPS signals that customers are willing to recommend the product.

Cause

The mechanism is the structural gap between what NPS asks and what retention measures.

Impact

When NPS is used as a proxy for retention health, the economic damage is indirect but compounding.

Full diagnostic context

Customers say they’re happy but they still leave.

At 62 — up six points — NPS signals that customers are willing to recommend the product.

The mechanism is the structural gap between what NPS asks and what retention measures.

When NPS is used as a proxy for retention health, the economic damage is indirect but compounding.